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From: Rea Williams <>
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Quaker Grave Markers
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 19:48:45 -0800


William,
Of all of the wonderful Quaker surnames you listed I have found only the
following information:

Hinshaw,Boyce Wren
B 8/26/1925
D. 12/30/1985
Son of James H. & Belva T. Hinshaw

Hinshaw, Lee Hoyt, Sr.
B.3/3/1923
D. 10/17/1992
Husband of Majorie Pate Hinshaw

Hinshaw, Belva T. Hammond
B. 2/17/1901
D. 8/25/1974
Wife of James Harvey Hinshaw

Hinshaw, James Harvey
B. 9/5/1894
D. 11/28/1950
Husband of Belva T. Hammond Hinshaw

Macy, D.C.
B. Unknown
D. Unknown

Macy, Martha A.
B. 12/24/1846
D. 6/13/1921

Macy, Evelina
B. 3/23/1817
D. 7/8/1868

Macy, Mary E.
B. 6/27/1844
D. 10/3/1873

Macy, Thomas
B. 3/2/1807
D. 10/10/1890

Rea

Visit my ancestors at http://www.drwilliams.org


----- Original Message -----
From: "williamb" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Quaker Grave Markers


> Dear Rea,
>
> you wrote:
> > I have a book entitled "New Garden Cemetery 1754-1994" Listing names and
> > locations of all buried there. I also have a paper "New Garden Friends
> > Cemetery Tombstone and Death Record of the Old Section, Dated April 1978
> and
> > an original New Garden Cemetery booklet with a plot map of all grave
> > locations. May I share some information with you?
>
> On 2-24-1776, John Hinshaw was received at New Garden MM on a certificate
> from Cane Creek MM dated 3-2-1776 and he married Ruth (Pike) Weisner there
> on Feb 24 1776. (William Wade Hinshaw shows that on 4-27-1776, John
Hinshaw,
> son of Jesse, Chatham County, was reported married to Ruth Weisner at New
> Garden.)
>
> This John Hinshaw was my ggg-grandfather. I do not know where he or his
> wife were buried. His children moved to other nearby meetings. Perhaps
the
> parents remained behind.
>
> Just before the outbreak of the Revolution, another of my
ggg-grandfathers,
> Jonathan Gifford, moved to the New Garden MM with his wife Eunice Beard
and
> at least two of their children born on Nantucket. Another daughter,
Eunice
> Gifford, born in NC, married Jesse Hinshaw, son of the John Hinshaw
listed
> above. The new generation moved to other MMs but perhaps Jonathan and
Eunice
> remained at New Garden.
>
> *And*, Eunice Beard's father and mother, Richard Beard and Eunice Macy,
also
> moved to New Garden in 1772. These ggg-grandparents appear to have moved
to
> the Deep River MM eventually, but some of their other children - George,
> William, Ruben and Elizabeth - may have remained at New Garden. The
parents
> of Eunice Macy apparently remained on Nantucket. Richard was an immigrant.
>
> If any of these people are listed, I would be most indebted to you for the
> information.
>
> Best regards,
>
> William Hinshaw
>
>
>
>
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